European Council President Michelle visited Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on the 20th and met with Ukrainian President Zelensky. The two sides discussed Ukraine's application for EU candidate status, the sixth round of sanctions against Russia, the situation in Mariupol and Ukraine's reconstruction. According to the website of the president of Ukraine, at the media meeting held after the meeting, Zelensky said that in order to obtain the status of EU candidate, Ukraine has submitted some replies to the "Questionnaire" to the EU, and Ukraine expects the EU to hold a meeting and vote on the priority issue of Ukraine's "accession to the EU". Michelle said that on the issue of granting Ukraine EU candidate status, the EU plans to make a decision at the end of June. Zelensky called on the EU to approve the sixth round of sanctions against Russia as soon as possible. He expressed the hope that the new sanctions would impose a comprehensive embargo on Russian oil and gas. Michelle said that the EU supports increasing pressure on Russia. With regard to the war in Mariupol, Zelinski said that the current situation in Mariupol is deteriorating. It is regrettable that Ukraine and Russia failed to reach positive results on the situation. Uzbekistan hopes to solve the problem of rescuing the trapped people in Mariupol through diplomatic channels and is willing to exchange personnel in any form with Russia. Zelensky also said that during the next three years of his presidency, he is willing to hold dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war. According to the Ukrainian President's website, zelenski and Michelle also discussed the establishment of a "solidarity trust fund" to fund Ukrainian post-war recovery and reconstruction. (Xinhua News Agency)